Water colour paint is a perfect way to help explore a kid's artistic side because it is easy to mix and there is a simple clean up job afterwards. It also presents parents with a fun activity to perform with their kids. With a few cool tips and tricks you can help your kids create some interesting paintings and impress your kids with an art class right in your home.
Butterfly
This is a simple technique that will present beautiful results. You can draw a half outline of a butterfly on a thick water colour paper. Fold it right in the middle and the straighten it out. Have your kids paint the outline in with different shades of watercolour. You can let them get creative with the colours. Once that is done you can fold the paper back up from the middle carefully when the paint is still wet. The end result will be a beautiful butterfly.
Use Stickers You can have the kids paste different shaped plain stickers on the paper before they start painting with watercolour. Then let them paint the page with different colours. When they are done and the paint is dry, take the stickers out carefully and you can have a cool abstract painting. You can also use the painted stickers on different art projects.
Water Colour and Salt After your kids have painted a portrait using watercolour you can sprinkle some salt on it when it is still wet. Let it dry then dust off the salt. Some of the salt crystals will stick to the painting and give a cool texture to the painting.
Water Colour around Cut-outs
Get some animal images from internet and cut out the animals from them. Place the cut-out on a plain water colour sheet. Let the kids creatively paint around the cut-out. Take the cut-out off the paper and see the end result which will surely be a cool piece of art.
Use the techniques above and come up with some of your own by experimenting and mixing it up with different surfaces and resistive materials. And you can create fun and cool art with your kids using water colours.
